Quotes by : Edith Hamilton

When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free....

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

Tragedy cannot take place around a type. Suffering is the most individualizing thing on earth.

Though the outside of human life changes much, the inside changes little.

It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is....

It is not hard work that is dreary it is superficial work

The mind knows only what lies near the heart.

When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.

We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands.

Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain.